wwii: african-american gains and struggles. 5 million volunteers 10 million draftees 5 million...
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WWII: African-
American Gains and Struggles
5 Million Volunteers10 Million Draftees
500,000 African American Women-War Industries
DORIE MILLER DR. CHARLES DREW
Segregated Units
Tuskegee Airmen
Racial Discrimination Outlawed
• Executive Order 8802: Roosevelt outlaws discrimination based on race, creed, color or national origin in the federal government or in defense factories.
• FEPC: Fair Employment Practices Committee-to enforce 8802
Executive Order 9981 • July 26, 1948 -Truman. • Abolished racial discrimination in the
United States Armed Forces • July 26, 1951-The US military officially
desegregated.
• HOWEVER, WIDESPREAD RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION CONTINUED and WORSENED.
A TIME FOR JUSTICE
• See DVD
Executive Order 9066
Japanese-American Boy Scout Troop in an Internment Camp
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